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Couple has Open Heart Surgeries Months Apart | UC San Diego Health

In early 2020, Steven and Linette Williamson experienced the true meaning of the wedding vow in sickness and in health when they both underwent open heart surgery within just four months of each other. After seven years of treatment for a genetic heart abnormality, Steven was told he needed a heart transplant to save his life. Soon after Steven began his recovery process, Linette was diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), and found herself in the care of the same surgeon who performed her husband’s surgery, Dr. Victor Pretorius, Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Surgical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at at UC San Diego Health. Now, both husband and wife are on the road to recovery together. The multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Services team at UC San Diego Health performed more than 70 heart transplants in 2019 and is on pace for exceeding this number in 2020. Annually, this team also performs more than 200 PTE surgeries for CTEPH each year, a procedure that was pioneered at UC San Diego Health. For the 2020-2021 U.S. News & World Report, the cardiology and heart surgery programs at UC San Diego Health ranked 31st among the nation’s top 50 programs, out of 4,500 hospitals nationwide. For more information about the Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health, visit: https://health.ucsd.edu/care/heart-va... To learn more about Victor Pretorius, MBChB, visit: https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/12...